yeah this is pretty intense as far as information goes now if only the TOS on youtube was good enough that i used it for more episodes :) i think the only episode i can apply this to is "boobs in a box" but i wish i hadnt sang in that video! On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Richard (Show) Hall < richard@...> wrote: > Thanks Michael, > > Sounds like a very interesting and complex metric, operationalizing the > "hotness" of any given part of a video, relative to other videos. > > ... Richard > > On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Michael Verdi <michaelverdi@...<michaelverdi%40gmail.com> > >wrote: > > > > I think it means, compared to other videos of the same length, the hot > > side of the graph says you are retaining more viewers than average > > and/or viewers are rewinding a watching those sections again. The cold > > side of the graph represents where, compared to other videos of the > > same length, people are skipping forward or clicking away more than > > average. > > > > From the hot spots page on my video: > > "The ups-and-downs of viewership at each moment in your video, > > compared to videos of similar length. > > Above the average line, your video is hot: it's retaining more viewers > > than average and they may be rewinding to watch that point again. > > Below the average line, your video's gone cold: viewers are not > > rewinding or may be leaving the video faster than the average." > > > > - Verdi > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Richard (Show) Hall > > <richard@... <richard%40richardshow.org> <richard% > 40richardshow.org>> wrote: > > > Michael, > > > > > > I didn't understand what number the curve (the y axis) represented? > > > > > > ... Richard > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Michael Verdi <michaelverdi@...<michaelverdi%40gmail.com> > <michaelverdi%40gmail.com> > > >wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> > > > http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/your-youtube-video-hot-or-not.html > > >> > > >> I made a screencast of how it works - > > >> http://reports.graymattergravy.com/2008/10/02/youtube-hot-spots/ > > >> > > >> - Verdi > > >> > > >> -- > > >> http://graymattergravy.com > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Richard (Show) Hall > > > http://richardshow.org > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > http://graymattergravy.com > > > > > > -- > Richard (Show) Hall > http://richardshow.org > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- http://geekentertainment.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]